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I think the idea is that it used to be Boeing didn't have these kinds of problems, they managed themselves and made safer airplanes. At least they appeared safe
by rnk 3y ago
I think the idea is that it used to be Boeing didn't have these kinds of problems, they managed themselves and made safer airplanes. At least they appeared safer.
- _teyd 3y agoI think the idea was that capitalism was at fault, so we should go back to whatever variant of the system Boeing operated under when there were less failures. Or else I’m not sure why their conclusion would be that the fix would be to reel in capitalism.
- ratg13 3y agoBoeing made better planes when they had to compete with McDonnell Douglas. Once they bought them out and became a monopoly that was deemed ‘not a monopoly’ they had room to relax and replaced engineers with finance people. This is what happens when finance people make aircraft.
- panick21_ 3y agoAirbus is much, much stronger competition then Douglas ever was.
- realusername 3y agoInternationally yes. In the US, Boeing has their guaranteed government contracts, it's not a market anymore.
- zeusk 3y agoThey are still competing defence contracts with Lockheed, General Dynamics and Northrop.
- postingawayonhn 3y agoFor small aircraft. Not for major transports or tankers.
- zeusk 3y agoYou mean fighters and drones? Which are arguably quite more expensive than the transports or tankers
- panick21_ 3y agoThey are building the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus. That is the big refueler and they are gone build 100s of them in the coming years. They is very much competing in lots of different competition for lots things.
- WalterBright 3y agoAirliners have gotten steadily safer over the years and decades. So much safer that we tolerate a much lower rate of errors.